Former President of the Ukrainian Parliament is shot dead in LVIV

Andriy Parubiy, who at the time was president of the Ukrainian parliament, reacts during a Parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 22, 2019. Reuters the former president of the Ukraine Parliament Andriy Parubiy was shot dead in the city of LVIV on Saturday (30). An operation was set up to find the perpetrator. According to the country’s Attorney General’s office, a shooter fired several times against Parubiy, who died at the scene. The attacker fled, and the searches started. 📱 Bake the G1 app to see real -time news and for free Parubiy was 54 years old and was a member of Parliament. He chaired the house between April 2016 and August 2019 and was one of the leaders of the protests held in 2013 and 2014 who asked for the narrow ties with the European Union. He was also secretary of the Ukraine National Security and National Defense Council between February and August 2014, when the conflict began in the east of the country – and when Russia attached the Crimea Peninsula. The authorities gave no immediate indication that the murder had a direct connection with the Russian War in Ukraine. “Interior Minister IHOR KLYMENKO and Attorney General Ruslan Kravchenko have just reported the first known circumstances of a horrible murder in LVIV. Andriy Parubiy was killed,” wrote President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in X. He sent condolences to the family and dear Parubiy and added: “All forces and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength and the strength necessary means are committed to investigating and searching for the killer. ” The National Police reported that the shooting in LVIV was registered around noon (6am Brasília time). LVIV mayor Andriy Sadovyi said he found the killer and clarify the circumstances of the attack was of utmost importance. “This is a security issue in a country at war, where, as we can see, there are no totally safe places,” he wrote on Telegram. Collected honors in parliament and government paid tributes, highlighting Parubiy’s contribution to Ukraine’s struggle for sovereignty and independence, as one of the leaders of the movement known as Euromaidan protests in 2013-14. Former President Petro Poroshenko said at Telegram that the murder of Parubiy, a member of the Parliamentary National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee, was “a shot shot against the heart of Ukraine.” “Andriy was a great man and a true friend. That’s why they avenge, that’s what they are afraid,” he said, praising Parubiy’s contribution to the strengthening of the Ukrainian army. In a statement on Telegram, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha described Parubiy as “a patriot and statesman who made a huge contribution to the defense of freedom, independence and sovereignty of Ukraine. A man who has his place guaranteed in history books.” Ukrainian security forces did not provide information about the killer’s identity or motivations. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko called for a quick investigation of the crime, classifying him as “a deep loss” for the country. “You have always remained a Patriot from Ukraine and made a great contribution to the formation of our state,” she wrote in X. Russia launches devastating attack against the capital of Ukraine

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